Some big boys taken off the street--
7/7 'MASTERMIND' SEIZED IN IRAQ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1717571.ece
FOILED: Saudis Arrest 172 in Alleged Terror Plot...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070427/D8OP6N8O0.html
FUNNELED: Troops seize gang transporting 'bombs from Iran'...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070427185225.eephgeaz&show_article=1
U.S. raids target al-Qaida in Iraq
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070428/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
Pakistani forces capture al Qaeda suspect
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070428/ts_nm/pakistan_arrest_dc;_ylt=AsnRi3BWMZ33NI9esqsoH39Z.3QA
US reveals capture of senior Al-Qaeda suspect
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2007042...70428022746;_ylt=Au0AakM2eKfInuuMYPsQzXSFOrgF
Thought I'd cut/paste this last one to show left wing elements contribution--
by Jim Mannion
Fri Apr 27, 10:31 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States revealed Friday the capture of a senior-level Al-Qaeda commander and his transfer to its Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention center for "war on terror" suspects.
Abd al Hadi al-Iraqi, who allegedly led operations in Afghanistan and plotted the assassination of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, was taken to the Guantanamo Bay facility within the past week, the Defense Department said.
Al-Iraqi was intercepted as he was trying to reach Iraq to manage Al-Qaeda operations and possibly plot attacks against Western targets outside Iraq, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said.
Whitman said the suspect "was one of Al-Qaeda's highest ranking and senior operatives at the time of his detention."
Al-Iraqi was a key Al-Qaeda commander in the late 1990s, and from 2002 to 2004 was in charge of cross-border attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan, working directly with the Taliban, Whitman said.
"He also in recent years was involved in plots to assassinate perceived opponents of Al-Qaeda to include Pakistan President Musharraf as well as other officials," Whitman said.
Al-Iraqi was held by the Central Intelligence Agency before being turned over to US military authorities, said Whitman.
In a note to CIA employees, director Michael Hayden said the agency played a "key role in efforts to locate him," and called al-Iraqi's capture "a triumph on which we must continue to build."
Hayden also defended the CIA's interrogation program, which President George W. Bush acknowledged in September involved tough "alternative" interrogation practices.
"The information it has produced has prevented terrorist attacks and saved innocent lives," Hayden said. "Its methods are legal, thoroughly reviewed by our government to ensure that they are fully in accordance with our laws and treaty obligations."
On September 6, Bush announced that all high-value prisoners being held by the CIA at secret overseas detention centers had been transferred to Guantanamo.
A US intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said al-Iraqi was captured in late 2006, well after the president's announcement, as part of a complex international operation.
But Amnesty International said the announcement raised questions about how many more people are being held by the CIA, where they were being held and whether al-Iraqi was subjected to the "alternative" interrogation techniques.
The lack of information "only adds to the deep concerns surrounding the United States' conduct in the so-called 'war on terror,'" the human rights group said.
News of the capture was welcomed by Pakistan and hailed by Afghanistan as "a major success."The Pentagon and the CIA declined to comment on where al-Iraqi was captured, whether US forces were directly involved, or where he was held.
"At the time of his capture he was trying to return to his native country, Iraq, to manage Al-Qaeda's affairs and possibly focus on operations outside Iraq against Western targets," Whitman said. "He was intercepted before he got there."
Whitman said al-Iraqi also met with Al-Qaeda members in Iran, but would not say when.
A fact sheet released by the Pentagon said al-Iraqi believed that Al-Qaeda members in Iran "should be doing more with the fight, including supporting efforts in Iraq and causing problems within Iran."
As a senior Al-Qaeda planner and operative, al-Iraqi "had fundamental responsibility for Al-Qaeda operations in that whole stretch of the world as well as other responsibilities," the intelligence official said.
"I would think of him in relation to the plot against Musharraf as someone who had a leadership or guiding role," he said.
Al-Iraqi was born in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in 1961 and served in the Iraqi military before going to Afghanistan where he spent 15 years, according to the fact sheet.
Before the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, he was a member of the Al-Qaeda military committee that oversaw terrorist and guerrilla operations and paramilitary training, the Pentagon said.
He also was a member of a 10-member group of advisors to Osama bin Laden, and was known and trusted by the Al-Qaeda leader and his deputy Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the Pentagon said.
It said that at one point al-Iraqi was Zawahiri's caretaker and that he interacted with top Al-Qaeda planners and decision makers such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, Abu Faraj al-Libi, Hamza Rabi'a and Abd al-Rahman al Mujair.
More recently, he associated with leaders of other extremist groups allied with Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including the Taliban, it said.
He worked "directly with the Taliban to determine responsibility and lines of communication between Taliban and Al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan, specifically with regard to the targeting of US forces," it said.
7/7 'MASTERMIND' SEIZED IN IRAQ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1717571.ece
FOILED: Saudis Arrest 172 in Alleged Terror Plot...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070427/D8OP6N8O0.html
FUNNELED: Troops seize gang transporting 'bombs from Iran'...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070427185225.eephgeaz&show_article=1
U.S. raids target al-Qaida in Iraq
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070428/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
Pakistani forces capture al Qaeda suspect
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070428/ts_nm/pakistan_arrest_dc;_ylt=AsnRi3BWMZ33NI9esqsoH39Z.3QA
US reveals capture of senior Al-Qaeda suspect
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2007042...70428022746;_ylt=Au0AakM2eKfInuuMYPsQzXSFOrgF
Thought I'd cut/paste this last one to show left wing elements contribution--
by Jim Mannion
Fri Apr 27, 10:31 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States revealed Friday the capture of a senior-level Al-Qaeda commander and his transfer to its Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention center for "war on terror" suspects.
Abd al Hadi al-Iraqi, who allegedly led operations in Afghanistan and plotted the assassination of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, was taken to the Guantanamo Bay facility within the past week, the Defense Department said.
Al-Iraqi was intercepted as he was trying to reach Iraq to manage Al-Qaeda operations and possibly plot attacks against Western targets outside Iraq, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said.
Whitman said the suspect "was one of Al-Qaeda's highest ranking and senior operatives at the time of his detention."
Al-Iraqi was a key Al-Qaeda commander in the late 1990s, and from 2002 to 2004 was in charge of cross-border attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan, working directly with the Taliban, Whitman said.
"He also in recent years was involved in plots to assassinate perceived opponents of Al-Qaeda to include Pakistan President Musharraf as well as other officials," Whitman said.
Al-Iraqi was held by the Central Intelligence Agency before being turned over to US military authorities, said Whitman.
In a note to CIA employees, director Michael Hayden said the agency played a "key role in efforts to locate him," and called al-Iraqi's capture "a triumph on which we must continue to build."
Hayden also defended the CIA's interrogation program, which President George W. Bush acknowledged in September involved tough "alternative" interrogation practices.
"The information it has produced has prevented terrorist attacks and saved innocent lives," Hayden said. "Its methods are legal, thoroughly reviewed by our government to ensure that they are fully in accordance with our laws and treaty obligations."
On September 6, Bush announced that all high-value prisoners being held by the CIA at secret overseas detention centers had been transferred to Guantanamo.
A US intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said al-Iraqi was captured in late 2006, well after the president's announcement, as part of a complex international operation.
But Amnesty International said the announcement raised questions about how many more people are being held by the CIA, where they were being held and whether al-Iraqi was subjected to the "alternative" interrogation techniques.
The lack of information "only adds to the deep concerns surrounding the United States' conduct in the so-called 'war on terror,'" the human rights group said.
News of the capture was welcomed by Pakistan and hailed by Afghanistan as "a major success."The Pentagon and the CIA declined to comment on where al-Iraqi was captured, whether US forces were directly involved, or where he was held.
"At the time of his capture he was trying to return to his native country, Iraq, to manage Al-Qaeda's affairs and possibly focus on operations outside Iraq against Western targets," Whitman said. "He was intercepted before he got there."
Whitman said al-Iraqi also met with Al-Qaeda members in Iran, but would not say when.
A fact sheet released by the Pentagon said al-Iraqi believed that Al-Qaeda members in Iran "should be doing more with the fight, including supporting efforts in Iraq and causing problems within Iran."
As a senior Al-Qaeda planner and operative, al-Iraqi "had fundamental responsibility for Al-Qaeda operations in that whole stretch of the world as well as other responsibilities," the intelligence official said.
"I would think of him in relation to the plot against Musharraf as someone who had a leadership or guiding role," he said.
Al-Iraqi was born in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in 1961 and served in the Iraqi military before going to Afghanistan where he spent 15 years, according to the fact sheet.
Before the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, he was a member of the Al-Qaeda military committee that oversaw terrorist and guerrilla operations and paramilitary training, the Pentagon said.
He also was a member of a 10-member group of advisors to Osama bin Laden, and was known and trusted by the Al-Qaeda leader and his deputy Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the Pentagon said.
It said that at one point al-Iraqi was Zawahiri's caretaker and that he interacted with top Al-Qaeda planners and decision makers such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, Abu Faraj al-Libi, Hamza Rabi'a and Abd al-Rahman al Mujair.
More recently, he associated with leaders of other extremist groups allied with Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including the Taliban, it said.
He worked "directly with the Taliban to determine responsibility and lines of communication between Taliban and Al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan, specifically with regard to the targeting of US forces," it said.
